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baron

/ˈbaɹən/noun2 syllables

Baron means: a very wealthy or powerful businessperson.

Synonyms for baron14

noun, as in a very wealthy or powerful businessperson

business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon

also used for baron

big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise

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What does baron mean?3

noun

1

a very wealthy or powerful businessperson“an oil baron”

2

a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank

3

a British peer of the lowest rank

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Baron in a sentence

  • While the rest of us toil, the robber barons eat from gilt tableware.Auride
  • While the rest of us work hard, the robber barons eat with gilded utensils.LeviHighway
  • A viscount ranks below an earl or count but above a baron.rul
  • The seemingly noble knights turned out to be rotten robber barons.sundown
  • Knights acted as a counterpoise to the barons.remline
  • There's a documentary on today about steel barons.sundown
  • I thought that you were a baron.Eccles17
  • Father Zachary urged these perils to the Baron with all the force of monkish rhetoric.Hybrid

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Forms of baron

as a noun

plural
barons